MACHU PICCHU, Cusco - Peru
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
(Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu)

One of the most important and most visited PreColumbian sites in the Americas, an outstanding symbol of Peruvian national pride and Inca civilisation. The ruins are a uniquely sited royal winter retreat, religious sanctuary and mausoleum of the Inca rulers from Cuzco built around the middle 15th century, superbly constructed and integrated with a spectacularly beautiful landscape. Its sheltered and remote location has preserved a very rich endemic and relict flora and fauna, including the rare spectacled bear.

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COUNTRY: Peru
NAME: Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu)

MIXED CULTURAL & NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE:1983: Inscribed on the World Heritage List under Cultural Criteria i & iii and Natural Criteria vii & ix.

IUCN MANAGEMENT CATEGORY V: Managed Resource Protected Area

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL PROVINCE: Yungas (8.35.12)

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